1929 VFL Season Round 9: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1929 between Collingwood and Footscray during round nine of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Harry Chesswas as vice-captain. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Alec Eason.

Collingwood (20.19.139) defeated Footscray (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 June 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 20.19.139 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 5 8 . 11 15 . 14 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 6 7 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 23 COLL by 54 COLL by 45 COLL by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Harry Chesswas
Coach: Jock McHale

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. McNab

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Ahern, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
6 Collier, Harry ? ? 3 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 8 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibbs, George ? ? 3 ?
15 Harris, John ? ? 2 ?
17 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
22 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Makeham, Bob ? ? 1 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
20 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Veevers, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 20 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Barlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Downie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 5 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Shade, Eric ? ? 1 ?
14 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 0 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s